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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack: Ag research Investment Vital

Celebrating the past accomplishments of the country's land grant institutions in a campus visit Wednesday, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said farming-and food-related research at Penn State is vital to the country's future.

via HispanicBusiness.com | May 17, 2012 11:10:04 PM CEST

Tough image blights agriculture studies

Low demand for places stems largely from misconceptions among students and parents, Professor Terry Spithill from La Trobe University's agriculture faculty said in a submission to a parliamentary Senate committee hearing in Melbourne on Tuesday.

via Ninemsn | May 15, 2012 6:36:01 AM CEST

Guest Commentary: Industry and agriculture in Colorado

Agriculture is just as critical to our state and the nation. With tremendous hard work and dedication, Colorado's landscape has been transformed from Daniel Webster's "Great American Desert" to the irrigated fields and productive lands that we enjoy ...

via Denver Post | May 13, 2012 11:52:50 AM CEST

USDA predicts record corn harvest

The US Agriculture Department predicts that this year's corn production will total a record 14.8 billion bushels. That compares with 12.4 billion bushels a year ago and it's 11 percent higher than the previous record crop in 2009.

via GoErie.com | May 13, 2012 5:45:46 AM CEST

Mothers Threatened with Criminal Charges Openly Defy Minnesota Department of ...

Several Minnesota mothers who organize community access to local fresh farm foods plan to risk criminal charges by openly and publicly defying warnings from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA). The MDA has threatened several mothers, ...

via MarketWatch (press release) | May 7, 2012 11:32:40 PM CEST

USDA to speed up tracking of E. coli-tainted meat

The US Department of Agriculture unveiled plans Wednesday to act quicker to prevent outbreaks of E. coli illness by tracking contaminated ground beef to its source as soon as a preliminary test detects the bacteria. The USDA now waits for confirmation ...

via Agriculture.com | May 3, 2012 1:15:14 AM CEST

California Mad Cow's Offspring Tests Negative for the Disease

It's taken more than a week, but the US Department of Agriculture has finally found two offspring of the dead bovine with mad cow disease found in Central California on April 24. One of the cows born to the mad cow over the last two years was stillborn ...

via ABC News (blog) | May 3, 2012 1:15:14 AM CEST

Indonesia halts US beef imports amid mad cow case

Vice Agriculture Minister Rusman Heriawan said Thursday the ban would be lifted after the US government confirms all farms are free of mad cow, which can cause a deadly brain disease in humans. Heriawan says US beef last year accounted for 20000 tons ...

via BusinessWeek | April 27, 2012 12:07:59 PM CEST

Generous gift boosts WSU as leader in organic agriculture

A $5 million gift from alumni moves Washington State University closer to becoming a global model for organic and sustainable agriculture. No comments have been posted to this article. A $5 million gift to Washington State University for ...

via The Seattle Times | April 26, 2012 2:17:36 AM CEST

USDA confirms new case of mad cow disease in California

AP The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed the country's fourth case of mad cow disease in a dairy cow in California on Tuesday. According to a statement released by USDA Chief Veterinary Officer John Clifford, the cow had not entered the ...

via Fox News | April 25, 2012 7:14:19 AM CEST

Japan's Agriculture Ministry Says Checking on U.S. Mad Cow Case

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is checking on a reported case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease, in the US and will comment later today, said Daisuke Tsukamoto, an official at the ministry's ...

via Bloomberg | April 25, 2012 12:17:35 AM CEST

Teaching Coffee Farmers About the Birds and the Bees

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. The University of Georgia is a respected research university. Thirty-five thousand students attend the main campus in Athens, Georgia, and extended campuses around the state.

via Voice of America | April 23, 2012 11:12:36 PM CEST

Vallejo joins Topcon Precision Agriculture as vice president of planning

LIVERMORE, Calif., Apr 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ray Vallejo has been named vice president of planning for Topcon Precision Agriculture (TPA). The announcement was made by Albert Zahalka, TPA president. Vallejo has extensive experience with precision ...

via MarketWatch (press release) | April 23, 2012 11:12:36 PM CEST

GRAINS - US wheat up as more cold forecast

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) at 3:00 pm CDT (2000 GMT) on Monday will release updated weekly crop progress numbers. Some traders said the US winter wheat condition rating may decline from the 64 percent good-to-excellent condition rating of ...

via Reuters | April 23, 2012 5:31:41 PM CEST

Senate panel recommends $23 billion in agriculture cuts

Direct payments to growers of corn, cotton and other crops that cost about $5 billion a year would end while insurance programs against weather losses and low prices would increase under the Democrat-controlled Agriculture Committee's proposal being ...

via Daily Republic | April 21, 2012 3:02:16 PM CEST

Public policy expert to speak on agriculture 'culture war'

His James C. Snyder Memorial Lecture presentation will explore the question "The Culture War in Agriculture: Who's Winning?" The 38th annual lecture will be at 3 pm in the auditorium of the Krannert School of Management building, 403 W. State St.

via CattleNetwork.com | April 17, 2012 10:23:36 PM CEST

PA Department of Agriculture releases statement on Kreider Farms allegations

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture takes allegations related to animal health and food safety very seriously. The state veterinarian visited and inspected the entire Kreider Farms Manheim facility on two occasions over the past three days and ...

via CBS 21 | April 13, 2012 11:02:11 PM CEST

Senator addresses agriculture, economic challenges

NCGA CEO Rick Tolman was on hand to thank the senator for his work on behalf of US agriculture, and draw attention to the lengthy list of unresolved issues that concerns farmers. "When big decisions are being made, government stands still," said Sen.

via CattleNetwork.com | April 13, 2012 11:02:11 PM CEST

Department Of Agriculture Works To Save Ash Trees

The State Agriculture Department is taking steps to try and save the ash tree in Tennessee and they're doing it with a large purple box. Crews with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture along with the USDA have been setting out some 3500 traps in ash ...

via NewsChannel5.com | April 12, 2012 11:13:19 PM CEST

Cotton prices climb on prospect of tight supplies

The US Agriculture Department said Tuesday that it expects US cotton stockpiles to total 3.4 million bales by the end of July. The estimate was 500000 bales less than the agency's March forecast but nearly 31 percent more than inventories at the end of ...

via Seattle Post Intelligencer | April 12, 2012 1:30:14 AM CEST

Grassley: Farm bill must be passed by August

Charles Grassley expressed confidence the Senate Agriculture Committee will move forward on its own farm bill this year. By Jack Gruber, USA TODAY Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley expressed confidence the Senate Agriculture Committee will move forward on its ...

via USA TODAY | April 12, 2012 1:30:14 AM CEST

US Raises Forecast for Soybean Exports

By BILL TOMSON WASHINGTON—The US will be exporting more soybeans than expected, drawing down on domestic stocks, but the supply and demand forecast for corn remained static, the US Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. US soybean exports are now ...

via Wall Street Journal | April 10, 2012 1:36:46 PM CEST

Farm Market iD Hires Agriculture Industry Expert, Hylon Kaufmann

Westmont, IL (PRWEB) April 09, 2012 Agriculture data and marketing solutions company Farm Market iD® has announced that Hylon Kaufmann has joined its leadership team as vice president, sales and business development. She will be leading business ...

via San Francisco Chronicle (press release) | April 9, 2012 7:55:59 AM CEST

Slumping U.S. Crop Reserves Raising Food Costs in Election Year

The US Department of Agriculture may say tomorrow that corn inventories on Aug. 31 will be 37 percent lower than a year earlier at 715 million bushels (18.2 million metric tons), the average of 32 analyst forecasts compiled by Bloomberg show.

via Bloomberg | April 9, 2012 12:22:40 AM CEST

Coalition backs farm bill energy

“These important and growing industries all benefit agriculture and forestry and are poised to make huge contributions to our economic, environmental and national security in the coming years, provided that we maintain stable policies that support ...

via Agriculture.com | April 7, 2012 2:02:19 AM CEST

US agriculture waking up to agroterrorism threat

A key to stopping agroterrorism lies in heightened awareness among growers and field workers and paying more attention to what could be suspicious activity. Speakers at an “ag crimes and terrorism” summit held at the Kearney Ag Center in Parlier ...

via Western Farm Press | April 4, 2012 2:45:19 PM CEST

What agriculture can learn from the EPA carbon emissions plan

By Sara Hessenflow Harper This week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new rules for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants for the first time. As the March 26, 2012 Wall Street Journal noted: "The new rules will ...

via GreenBiz.com (blog) | April 2, 2012 11:02:43 PM CEST

Corn planting underway, big time in Texas

WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- The US Department of Agriculture said the corn planting is just underway in several states, but rolling along substantially in Texas. The long-term average for corn planting in the Lone Star State for this week of the year ...

via UPI.com | April 2, 2012 11:02:43 PM CEST

IUPUI to host summit on local food keynoted by former US agriculture official

Former US Undersecretary of Agriculture Gus Schumacher will be the featured speaker at "Local and Urban Foods: Breaking Barriers and Protecting Health" on May 4 at IUPUI. The summit is sponsored by groups including the Marion County Health Department ...

via The Republic | April 2, 2012 8:14:45 AM CEST

House Committee on Agriculture Holds Hearing in Jonesboro

Entertainment News from AP Jonesboro – Friday, the US House Committee on Agriculture held a hearing to review the future of US farm policy and the formulation of the 2012 Farm Bill. Previously, hearings have been held in Illinois and New York with the ...

via KATV | March 30, 2012 9:03:40 PM CEST